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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 143 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 143. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/143/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 143. Psalm 130

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[¶0] A Song of Degrees

[¶1] 1 Out of the depths have I cried to thee, O Jehovah!

[¶2] 2 O Lord! hear my voice; Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my prayers.

[¶3] 3 If iniquities thou shouldest mark, O God! O Lord! who shall stand?

[¶4] 4 For with thee is forgiveness that thou mayest be feared.

[¶5] 5 I have waited for Jehovah, waited hath my soul; And in his word have I hoped.

[¶6] 6 My soul [hath waited] for the Lord Before the watchers of the morning, the watchers of the morning.

[¶7] 7 But hope let Israel in Jehovah; For with Jehovah there is mercy, And with him there is plenteous redemption.

[¶8] 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

### Psalm 131

[¶10] A Song of Degrees. Of David

[¶11] 1 O Jehovah! my heart hath not been elated, Nor lifted up have been my eyes, Nor have I exercised myself in great matters, Or in things hidden from me.

[¶12] 2 If I have not framed [or set] and quieted my soul, Like one that is weaned from his mother, — Like a child that is weaned is my soul upon me.

[¶13] 3 Hope shall Israel in Jehovah From henceforth, and for ever.